England · Restored
Newcastle upon Tyne Castle
Newcastle Castle is a medieval fortification in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne consisting chiefly of the 12th-century stone Castle Keep and the 13th-century Black Gate gatehouse. The keep and gate survive today as a combined visitor attraction managed by the city and stand adjacent to the railway viaduct that crosses the former castle grounds.
First raised
1080
Its prime
1250
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1250
The shape it held in its prime.
A roughly square, massive stone keep rises to crenellated battlements and corbelled machicolations; its faces show dressed pale sandstone with patches of older, darker masonry. Narrow slit windows and paired rounded-arch windows puncture the walls, and a low plinth with broad stone steps skirts the base. The keep sits in the urban centre, the gap to the nearby Black Gate crossed by the later railway viaduct; the roofline is flat with battlements running around the top.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1250.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Newcastle upon Tyne Castle — including 3 interiors: black gate passage and vaulted guardrooms, entrance stair to the second-floor great hall, great hall (second floor). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Newcastle upon Tyne Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1250 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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